Raise Your Game

The current world is being disrupted on a daily basis with the emergence of business model that even Nostradamus couldn't have imagined. In order to remain relevant, some companies are reassessing their own organisational culture. Many are racing to brand themselves as "The Place for Millennials To Be At" in order to tap into the unstoppable wave of talent. The question is, are colourful workplace and bean bags really the answer to unleash the so-called "Worst Generation"?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It can be easy as a leader to be overwhelmed with your responsibilities. Sometimes it feels like you have to do everything yourself, especially if you don’t know how to ensure your team can support you. Rajiv Talreja, author of Lead or Bleed, discusses how to avoid firefighting, the importance of delegation, and some leadership philosophies from his book.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Understanding how to engage with the media and why it is so important is something that CEOs, especially in Asia, might overlook as a non-priority. However, media engagement can be beneficial to CEOs on multiple levels. Mark Laudi, managing director of Hong Bao Media and former CNBC Asia anchor explains how being media savvy can grow your business value.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mantra of practice and particularly best practice is often used to drill into our expected behaviour. But often this can backfire in today’s constantly evolving world. What we really need is the push to use best practice as merely a start, instead of the end. A healthy learning ecosystem is an integral part of making this happen.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marketing plans can often get daunting and complicated. Cut through the fluff and get sharp and clear on planning your marketing for your business by using Jeevan Sahadevan’s incredibly simple and potent 1-page Marketing Plan!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak a lot about running your own business, being a leader, and learning how to manage the people around you. But none of these topics take into account the people on the sidelines - people who are unemployed for one reason or another. Andal Krishnan discusses the unemployed population of Malaysia and some of the issues and solutions both potential employee and employer could apply.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every last Monday of the month, Sheila Singam uses case studies to illustrate how NLP techniques can be utilised as tools, and in this session, she discusses how companies can engage in co-creation for business innovation.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now one thing that can really make or break the success of a business or even any other sort of relationship in life is the inability to communicate. Mikael Krogerus, co-author of The Communication Book, talks about the book and some of the ways you can improve your communication skills.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marketing is one of those industries that keeps you on the edge. There’s never a set way of doing things and there’s always something new to learn. With new technology, changing market behavior, and new platforms that are mushrooming at an incredible speed, our digital world has opened great doors for anyone to expand their creativity beyond boundaries. While some thrive in this environment, how can others keep up and leverage on the changing nature of the Marketing industry?

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“For many years, I was very proud that I was able to ‘multitask’. In job interviews, I would proudly claim that this was one my biggest strengths. Fortunately for me, most HR practitioners were, and are possibly still sold on this myth, hence I got hired". It’s the third Monday of the month and Shankar shares how he’d disregard multitasking as a desirable skill as it is counter-intuitive. Instead, he’d talk about the need to be mindful to develop a personal growth culture.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.